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3 exception of the Salt River work, are Sale Today of White Walking Skirts, Waists, Hosiery, Knit Underwear and Outing Hats nearlng completion. . Naval Militia Will Contest. 1 FROM HENEY WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. Attorney-Gen eral Bonaparte has rendered an opinion to the acting Secretary of War holding Some Drags tores Copy Our Special Sales, but Remember Lip- m effect the the naval militia of the United States Is a part of the organized THE MOUNTING OEEGOXIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907. GARFIELD GANS THE VICTOR Talking Machine, $1 Down, 1 a Week A Theater in Your Home Tbe Singers and Players of the World at Your Command militia, which if accepted by the Depart ment, will give an opportunity for teams from the naval militia to enter the rifle contests at Camp Perry. Ohio,- during Wolfe's "OWL" DRUGSTORE Sells ALL Standard Remedies and Toilet Articles at CU T PRICES at ALL Times Prosecutor Will Supervise Land-Fraud Trials on -. the Coast. tnis month. LAst year the War Depart ment held that the naval boys were not entitled to participate In the rifle con tests and there were considerable com plaints in consequence. Established 1850-nFTY-SEVEW YEARS IN BUSlNESS-ntablitJixl 18S0 J Good MtcWkB Oifr. QoeUty Consider Ow Prices Are Ahye toe Lowest OREGON CASES IN OCTOBER Many Wealthy California Land Pirates to Be Indicted Heney Too Busy With Graft Trials to Personally Manage Cases. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. (Special.) It was learned today that during hie visit in San Francisco last week Sec retary Garfield, of the Interior De partment, was In conference with Francis J. Heney In regard to the land frauds In Oregon and California. The meeting was secret, and the Secretary, In behalf of President Roosevelt, asked Mr. Heney to assume supervisory con trol over the prosecutions in both Cali fornia and Oregon. Mr. Heney said that his work in San Francisco would require his close at tention for some time to come, but that he would nevertheless be able to oversee the land fraud prosecutions and perhaps at times take an active hand In the court proceedings. Oregon Cases in October. The land fraud cases, according to the Information of those In a position to know, will be tesumed in Oregon in October. If Mr. Heney can arrange his work here to enable him to be In Portland when the prosecutions are resumed he will do so. He Is anxious to io so. and believes that he will be able to make arrangements acordlngly. United States District Attorney Bristol, of Oregon, will reach San Francisco tomorrow, and will confer with Mr. Heney on the situation In Oregon. To gether they will map out a plan of campaign. Not only will the campaign be re sumed in Oregon, but Mr. Garfield is authority for the statement that the vigorous prosecution of the California land pirates will soon be begun. Sev eral wealthy men. it is stated, are to be indicted by the grand jury. The California prosecutions will be carried on by United States Attorney Devlin, under the direction of Mr. Heney. , While Mr. Garfield was in conference with Mr. Heney he took the oportunlty to go over the land situation In all the "Western states. The meeting was kept secret and it was not Intended that the facts should become public at this time. Graft Cases Last for Months. Mr. Heney and Mr. Garfield had breakfast together and talked land frauds from mush to coffee. After the meal the conference continued for sev eral hours. The Secretary asked Mr. Heney if he would be able personally to undertake the prosecutions, and was informed that there appeared little chance of clearing up the San Fran cisco graft cases for several months. Mr. Garfield exacted the promise, how ever, that Mr. Heney would act In an advisory capacity in the prosecution, if he could not devote all of his time to the work. MAGILLS ARE INDICTED Six Counts, Xaming as Many Meth ods of Killing Pet Magill. CLINTON. 111., Aug. 2. The grand jury that is investigating the death of Mrs. Pet Magill, the first wife of Fred Magill, who, with his second wife, is in Jail here, having been brought back from Califor nia to answer to the charge of having caused the death of Mrs. Pet Magill, to day returned one indictment against Ma gill and one indictment against Mrs. Fav Graham Magill. The indictments were ex actly alike, each containing six counts. The counts are as follows: That Mrs. Pet Magill was murdered by the administration of strychnine poison; that the murder was done by arsenic; that the woman was smothered with a quilt; that she was strangled to death by chloroform; that she committed suicide as the result of a compact and agreement that her death was caused by the del fendanta by means unknown to the Jury. Magill and his bride of four weeks were in the crowded courtroom when the in dictments were returned. They sat to gether inside the railing, their four at torneys around a table In front of them. "While hundreds looked at them, they looked straight ahead at Judge Cochrane. As soon as the indictments were filed the prisoners were hurried out of the court room. As the two prisoners, escorted by the Sherln and his wife, came out of the Courthouse, 1000 men, women and chil dren surrounded them eager to see Magill and his wife. Neither paid much attention to the crowd that followed, walking 'the five blocks to the jail. During the afternoon session Judge Cochran sustained a motion to quash the sixth count of both Indictments. He overruled the motion to quash the old indictments, ' holding that they were good. NOTHING TO FIGHT ABOUT American Rulers Will Spend Cuban Funds on Improvements. HAVANA. Aug. 2. It being tne opin ion of almost every one except the poli ticians.' that If there Is little money in the treasury of the Cuban republic, the pos sibility of trouble which might lead to the downfall of the republic will be re duced to a minimum, plans have been made for vast and much needed improve ments. The provisional government will start the programme of improvement by road building, and accomplish as much as possible during the occupation. It will then turn over the plan to the re-established republic with what will amount to orders to carry It out. The railroad scheme offers the best il lustration of the plans. Completed, this work, as now planned, will cost tl3.000.000 of which $4,500,000 has aiready been ap propriated to be expended during the fiscal year. Less Irrigation Work to Be Bone. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 2. It was an nounced today upon the arrival of Secretary of the Interior James R. Gar field that, following the conference In Nevada between Mr. Garfield and Di rector Newell and the engineers of the reclamation service, the Government expenditures for reclamation work in California. Arizona and Nevada would be cut from $15,000,000 for last year to $800,000 for the present year. All of the projects in this district, with the Repair Ship for Navy at Sea. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The supply ship Culgoa Is to be fitted up by the Navy Department as a repair vessel, with a full equipment of machinery for repairing vessels at sea. The decision is the outcome of a request made by Admiral Evans while at the Navy De partment yesterday. The officials have urged upon Congress the appropriation of money with which to construct and equip a repair ship. Baldwin Going to Arctic Again. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 2. Evelyn P. Baldwin, the explorer, who passed through Kansas City last night, ah nouned that he hopes to head another expedition to the Arctics. He has made a proposition to Eastern capitalists. Mr. Baldwin criticizes the idea credited to Walter Wellman that the Arctic zone is an Ideal region for ballooning. ASK COURT TO STOP FIGHT TELEPHONE COMPANY SAYS STRIKE RUIXS BUSINESS. Trades Unions Charged With Con spiracy Before Federal Judge in . Helena, Mont. BUTTE, Aug. 2. A special from Helena to the Miner says that the Rocky Moun tain Bell Telephone Company today filed suit in the Federal Court against the Montana Federation of Labor, the Livingston Board- of Trade and Labor Council, -Telephone Operators' Union No. 24, Alex Falrgrieve, L. W. Thornton, H. O. Smith. Almodose Grenier. and Effle La Fevre, to secure an injunction restraining the respondents from Interfering or molesting In any way the business of the company and to shut off the boycott, which the complaint' alleges has been in force since March 14 last year wnlch has damaged the company to the extent of $5000. No temporary injunction was Issued. An order to show cause why the ap plication for the injunction should not be granted was made by Judge Hunt, re turnable September 16. The telephone company charges the Federation of Labor with having entered into a conspiracy with the employes of the company to compel the company to accede to the de mands of Its employes for higher wages, It being alleged that the Federation Is causing handbills and circulars to be distributed containing injurious epithets, with a view of ruining the business of the company. The trouble is the outgrowth of the strike of the linemen of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana Federation having the company declared unfair in all Mon tana cities and ordering out all switch board operators. NEGOTIATIONS COME . TO END Colorado & Southern Switchmen Re ject Overtures of Company. DENVER, Aug. 2. Negotiations look ing to a settlement of the strike of local switchmen and yardmen of the Colorado &. Southern Railroad came to an end this afternoon, when two propositions from each side were rejected. The rail road proposed arbitration or reference of the demands for an increase of two cents an hour In wages to a meeting of the general managers of the Western roads and committee of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, to be held in the near future. Grandmaster P. H. Morrtssey re sponded with the suggestion that an in crease of one cent an hour be granted now temporarily, and the matter be left to a meeting of general managers and representatives of the Brotherhood for approval. The Brotherhood leaders de clare a general strike is now unavoidable but that the only road -o be affected at this time is the Colorado & Southern. There are something In the neighbor hood of 6000 Brotherhoou men employed, by the Colorado & Southern Railroad and a general strike would bring them all out, say the leaders, and the result would be to cripple the entire system. FAIL TO SELECT UMPIRE. Chicago Stockyard Teamsters May ' Yet Go on Strike. CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Arbitration without an umpire proved to be a failure In the case of the packing-house teamsters and their employers. Negotiations were broken off today after the arbitrators for the sec ond time had failed to agree on an um pire. A strike of the packing-house team sters was averted several weeks ago by an agreement being entered Into to arbi trate the question of 4 cents an hour to al teamsters. At a meeting held on the eve of the threatened strike, the teamsters decided to defer the action in the interest of arbitration. The strike vote still stands, as no motion was recorded to rescind the action taken by a vote of the member ship. The business agent of the Teamsters' Union may call a strike of the teamsters at any time without voting to place the matter before the rank and file of the union. Churches to Discuss Labor. NEW YORK, Aug. 2. The pastors of the 11,000 Presbyterian churches in the United States have been requested by Rev. Charles H. Stenzel, superinten dent of the Presbyterian Department of Church . and Labor, to discuss some phase of the labor question on Septem ber 1, the Sunday before Labor Day. The plan has the nearty indorsement of the leading central labor bodies. Invi tations will be sent to local labor unions by the ministers of these churches, and it is expected that many of them will attend church in a body. Death in Pennsylvania Mines. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2. More than 1000 persons were killed last year in the coal mines of Pennsylvania, ac cording to the annual report just is sued by James Roderick, chief of the Department of Mines. The figures show that many of the accidents resulted from tne victims' own carelessness, and that the remaining third may be taken as the reasonable percentage of acci dents to miners. The accidents left nearly 1000 wid ows, with 3410 children under 10 years of age. Roosevelt's Guests at Luncheon. OYSTER .BAY, N. Y., Aug. 2. Presi' dent Roosevelt entertained at lunch eon today, Peter A. Kay; of Rhode Island, the newly appointed' secretary to the American Embassy at Tokio, and Alfred W. Cooley, , Assistant United 1 Children's Wash Dresses Vals. to $6 Saturday we mark for absolute clearance our entire stock of Children's Wash Dresses, selling reeularlv uo to $6.00. in white and all colors, ages 8 to 16, of Swiss, Linon and other mense assortment of styles, colors, fabrics and trimmings. Regular to $6.00, for only NO REFUSE DUMP John Burns Gives Packers Warning for Britain. PROPOSES PURE FOOD BILL Commons Adopt It After Its Sponsor Has Exposed Scheme of Ameri can Packers to Dump What Other Nations Reject. LONDON. Aug. 2. The bill introduced by John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, enabling the Board of Trade to Institute more stringent regulations "for the prevention of the danger arising to the public health from the Importation, preparation, storage and distribution of articles of food," passed its second reading In the House of Com mons today. In the course of the debate on the bill. Mr. Burns explained that it empowered the authorities at all ports " to Inspect food Imports, take samples and destroy unsound goods. It might be argued, Mr. Burns said, that since the recent tinned meat exposures in England and elsewhere things have been put right, but the gov ernment could not allow the laws to re main defective, because there was a strong probability that matters would relapse to where they were before. Con tinuing, Mr Burns declared that he had received a report that a German consul had said the American meat packers had Informed his government they were willing to consent to the inspection of any meat, provided that whatever goods the German officials rejected Bhould be re turned to the packers, as they could be sold in the United Kingdom. The speaker said he was not going to allow that and he did not see why the United Kingdom should take whatever Germany, France, Denmark and other European countries would not accept. Ke was prepared not to enforce the regulations for a period of 40 days after the adoption of the bill. The government would not irritate, harass or Inconvenience the persons carrying on a legitimate trade directly, but the Local Government Board must have great power over Imported tinned food In order that the poor, who suffered most from the dangers of disease, could be saved. BIRRELL PLAYS PEACEMAKER Hopes to Settle Strike or Belfast Police and Laborers. BELFAST, Aug. 2. The strike situation tonight is much more hopeful. Chief Secretary for Ireland Birrell will arrive here tomorrow and will use his personal influence to secure' a peaceful settlement of the difficulties. Although the hot heads still talk of defying the authorities, among the cooler men there appears to be a greater spirit of compromise. When the constables paraded today to the various barracks to receive their weekly pay, there was not a murmur of discontent. Everything passed off with out Incident, and it is now believed that it will not be necessary to" hold the pro posed parade of the disaffected members of the local police force. The trade disputes also are in a fair way of settlement. According to statements published in a local paper. Constable Barrett, who was dismissed from the force for agitation, declares that among the grievances of the men is the fact that under the present Dublin Castle' sys tem, only those men who are willing to play the part of provocative agents can gain promotion. Barrett claims that tne present agitation will put an end to the "abominable" system of manufacturing crime. The situation is greatly aggrevated to day by the threatened renewal of the coal dockers' strike. These men recently resumed work, but today the strike lead ers aver that the employers are not ob serving the compact made with the men. In the meanwhile the Government is drafting all available policemen to be ready for any emergency. The famous "Black Watch Regiment" has "been transferred from Kildare to Dublin and is there awaiting Instructions to entrain north. A detachment of the Royal ar tillery also is held in readiness. British Heads Are Expanding. LONDON, Aug. 2. That' the British head Is shrinking and British muscles are degenerating, as recently charged by .certain scientists, was refuted by evi at $1.79 I ooo Gingham, Madras, materials, in an im values Values $1.79 value dence introduced at the meeting of the British Association at Leicester. Rec ords for the last 20 years at Marlborough College show that the 14-year-old boys there averaged five pounds heavier and nearly an Inch taller than those of 1885. A hatter who furnishes hats for six schools vouches that hats of 21 Vi inches in circumference formerly were rarely demanded, while now hats 22 Inches in circumference are needed continuously. Sir Victor Horsley proposed a motion at the meeting urging the government to institute a system of periodic measure ment for school children. Shells Burst on French Warships. PARIS, Aug. 2. After the reoent naval maneuvers reports were current that the shells used were bad and burst prema turely. These reports are confirmed now by Admiral Touchard, In an interview in the Matin. Hi says that the shooting was attended with results which were very bad. The premature bursting of shells 'was not confined to the smaller guns. The battleship Sufferin had six premature explosions out of 12 shells fired, the Republique one and tne Carnot three out of five. The St. Louis had 11 premature explosions out of 12 shells fired and some of these shells burst with in 50 yards of the ship. Thanks to the Initial velocity of the black powder that was used, the Admiral said, there were no accidents, but that would not have been the result had melinite been used. His Daughter Too X'gly to Live. ' VIENNA, Aug. 2. A Hungarian peas ant at Neusandec, charged with murder ing his 18-year-old daughter, admitted the crime; but pleaded that she was so ugly she had no chance of getting mar ried. The Jury decided that this plea established extenuating circumstances, and brought in a verdict of manslaugh ter. The court accepted this and sen tenced the prisoner to three years' im prisonment. Will Try Wrights' Aeroplane. PARIS, Aug. 2. It is reported here that a secret trial of the Wright Brothers' aeroplane Is about to take place in France, as the result of an arrangement with the Brench government. The aeroplane. It is understood, has been shipped from the United States, and orders have been is sued to the customs authorities to pass the case unopened. France to Dig Great Canal. PARIS, Aug. 2. The Minister of Public Works has approved the project of the Department of Bridges and roads for the construction of a canal to connect the Valley of the Rhone with the port of Marseilles. The project Involved a tunnel seven kilometers in length at a cost of $6,900,000. Gun Explodes Scattering Death. TOULON, France. Aug. 2. Three men were killed and five others wounded by the explosion of a gun during tar get practice today on board the French training ship Couronne. Two of the wounded men sustained dangerous in juries. The breech of a 100-millimeter gun was blown off. Slay Build Road for Chile. VALPARAISO. Chile. Aug. 2. The Chi lean syndicate, which owns valuable con cessions to construct the great Arica La Pas Railroad but desisted from pro ceeding with the worK ior want of funds, Is now trying to sell the conces sions. An English syndicate is negotiat ing for them. Offer Premium for Hotels. RIO JANEIRO, Aug. 2. A bill granting special privileges to any one who will put up a hotel In any of the principal towns of Brazil and conduct It In accord ance with specified standards, was brought forward yesterday in the Cham ber of Deputies. Cannot Find the Murderer. COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. 2. The announcement of Charles A. Coey, the millionaire automobile man of Chicago, that he Intends to come to Colorado Springs, Immediately following the funeral of Miss Laura Matthews In Kansas City today and personally Investigate th9 tragic death of that young woman, re newed public interest in the mystery for mystery it remains, notwithstanding the verdict of the Coroner's Jury. While tbe authorities . admit there are many sus picious circumstances surrounding the death of M1ss Matthews, which were not cleared up at the Coroner's inquest, they contend that there will be nothing adduced from the testimony -given at the inquest which would criminally implicate any one. It was proved that Rumbaugh. to whom suspicion attached and who Mr. Coey says murdered Miss Matthews, was about his hotel all of the afternoon and evening of the day on which the young woman met her death. lOOOpr.Men'sHosi'y VaLto 35c at 17c pairs Men's Fine Imported Half lisle thread, mercerized and cotton, in stripes and figures, solid colors and plain up to 35c pair, great special at only. TABLES ARE TURNED Vardaman Now Leads in Senatorial Fight. WILLIAMS STILL HAS HOPE Returns From Over Half State Give Vardaman Majority and He Still Gains Bourne-Cake Story Being Repeated. JACKSON, Miss.. Aug. 3. The Sen atorial race Is extremely close, with Williams 215 votes behind his opponent when the official returns from 51 counties, more than half the state, were totaled. Shortly after midnight Congressman Williams gave out a statement say ing that he had heard from every coun ty in the state and that these returns indicated a victory for him with a plurality of about 3000 votes. This was the smallest plurality which had yet been claimed for Williams. The 61 counties showed the following totals: Vardaman, 38,313; Williams, 38,098. Of the candidates for Governor, Noel, Scott and Brewer were still ahead in the order named, with a small margin separating them. JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 3. Varda man continues to gain as the count nears the end. He was 635 votes in the lead with 64 counties heard from. HOME STATE SOLID FOR HIM Hanley Says Indiana True to Fair banks for President. OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 2. (Special.) Governor Hanley of Indiana arrived In Omaha today to take part in the Chautauqua Assembly at Bellevue. He said he did not care to discuss politics at length, but made it plain that his state is fully prepared to support Its native son for the Presidency. Speak ing of Vice-President Fairbanks, he said: "There is no question about the sin cerity of Indiana for Vice-President Fairbanks for the Presidency. We know him and believe in him. He is one of the most honest and capable of men and would grace the Presidential office with equal dignity, vigor and ability of any who have tver held that office. Indiana is solidly for him, and we shall go to the National Conven tion with the determination of nomin ating him. I am pleased to learn that the Vice-President has many friends in the West, and particularly in Nebraska. "I think there Is no doubt of the sincerity of President Roosevelt's de termination not to enter the field. He has said he Is not a candidate, and we all know President Roosevelt la a man of his word. "Over In Indiana we are not par ticularly Interested in tne Ohio fight. The candidacy of Secretary Taft has not yet invaded Indiana with any no ticeable effect. I do not think Judge Taft would want to enter the Indiana field In deference to the Vice-President's candidacy. The Ohio fight Is certainly an interesting one. Senator Foraker is a game fighter, whatever may be his ultimate success. "Senator Beverldge Is, of course, supporting Vice-President Fairbanks, as are all good Indiana Republicans." MURPHY BEGINS LIBEL SUIT Magazine Says He Got Contracts In Pay for Influence. . v NEW TORK, Aug. 2. Charles F. Mur phy, leader of Tammany Hall, through counsel, today served notlve of suit for J50.000 damages upon Thomas H. McKee. as president of the Broadway Magazine (Inc.). The suit grew out of the publica tion in the magazine of an article en titled, "Hearst versus McClellan; and New York Mayoralty Imbroglio." A paragraph of the article cited in the complaint Intimates that as Tammany leader, Murphy received business con tracts in return for his sanction of public franchises and other private enterprises. Oklahoma Convention Is Over. TULSA, I. T.. Aug. 2. The Republican State Convention, which adjourned at midnight, after nominating Frank Fran Lz, 300 Fancy Vests $2.50 and $3.00 Values Now at $1.25 300 Men's Fancy Vests, made of fine oxfords, mercerized cloths and piques in a great variety of patterns stripes, neat figures, checks and plaids. Regular values $2.50 and ai ry ( $3.00 each. Sale price only ipl.e.wO All Young's Straw Hats for men, regu lar $3, $2.50 and $2 values, now $1. Hose of fancy black. 17c the former rough rider, by acclamation for Governor of .the .Now State of Okla homa, and nam.ng candidates for the other principal offices, met again today to finish the ticket. There were no con tests. The following ticket was named: State Superintendent of Public Instruc tionCalvin Ballard, of McAlester. I. T. State Examiner and Inspector J. S. Fischer, Texas County. Labor Commissioner L. A. Murlin, Oklahoma City-. Insurance Commissioner Michael Burke, Perry, Okla. Clerk of the Supreme Court J. W. Speake, Ciiickasha. I. T. At 6:35 this afternoon the Convention adjourned sine die. Fairbanks to Speak at Lincoln. CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Vice-President Fair banks spent last night in Chicago on his way to Lincoln, Neb., where he will de liver an address before the Nebraska State Epworth League assembly. DETROIT'S GIRL DIVER. Miss Baker Employs Her Own Crew and Makes a Good Living. Detroit Dispatch to New York World. Detroit's girl diver. Miss Frances Baker, is regarded as a protege by all the sailors of the Great Lakes. She is 21 years of age, and has laid up a com fortable bank account by following her hazardous calling. Her first professional work was when she raised $20,000 worth of copper from the ship of W. H. Stevens, which sank in 80 feet of water in Lake Erie several years ago. Miss Baker's father. Captain H. W. Baker, was a captain of divers, and from the first time she was allowed to go down to the river alone, she used to watch her father's wrecking ship leave the dock and long to go with him. The ambition to become a diver matured In her as she grew older, and she deplored the fate which had condemned her to be a girl. At last her desire to become a diver overcame the objections of her friends, and she began making wrecking trips with her father, and soon became his In separable companion. She made a study of every part of the machinery con nected in any way with diving, and in time learned to command the wrecking boat with great skill and assurance. Her first descent was in Lake Huron, where a big wooden barge had gone down., and before the wrecking steamer had reached the spot where the barge had sunk, the owner spoke to Miss Baker, regretting the loss of a diamond ring which was in the cabin. Miss Baker Immediately offered to re cover it for him, as she had been plan ning for some time to make her first de scent upon the first favorable oppor tunity. When everything was made ready for her to descend, her own father manned the compressed air apparatus, which meant life or death to her, as she clamly walked down the ship's ladder and without a moment's hesitation disap peared under the water. In describing the sensations of the initial trip she said that the feeling at the outset was as If some great creature with a thousand arms was pressing her gently but firmly on all sides, and as if in a few minutes her breath would be cut off entirely, but she was far from frightened, and continued her descent until the shadow of the sunken barge loomed up before her. She had a strange feeling of bouyancy, and the 20 pounds of lead attached to her feet seemed no heavier than leather soles as she followed her companion to the walls of the sunken ship, and, with his aid. climbed over them. At this point she experienced severe pains in her head and felt as If her nose were going to bleed, but, still un daunted, she reached the cabin of the barge, where she entered, and, with the aid of the electric light at her belt, sought out the small stand, upon which was the tiny box containing the much desired diamond ring. In her haste to reach it she stumbled and fell, and for the moment was con sumed by a terrible fear, as the pressure of the water, together with breathing the compressed air, had now become al most overpowering; but she quickly gained her self-control, and with the box in her hand returned to the deck of the wrecker. As a reward for this exploit Miss Barker was presented with the diamond ring she had recovered, and it is now in her possession. The ring marked the beginning of her fortune, as she had proved that she could live under the water, and to be able to do this means that a person is worth anywhere from $50 to $300 a day to "a wrecking company. As 99 out of every 100 men who descend into the waters of the lakes will In a few minutes begin to suf fer from bleeding at the nose, head-splitting pains, and suffocation, that is why all good divers from one end of the Great Lakes to the other may be counted on one's fingers and toes. Roberts Sees Prosperity Ahead. CHICAGO, Aug. 2. George T. Roberts, former director of the mint, assumed his new position as president of the Commer cial National Bank cn his arrival In Chi cago from Washington yesterday. Mr. Roberts worked at his desk In Washing ton up to the last minute beforo train time Wednesday night, clearing up his work as director of the mint. "The prospects for business are ex cellent throughout the country," said Mr. Roberts. "I believe that the slight check we have experienced during the past few months has been a good thing. It has proved beyond question that business in this country is on a firm footing. "Capital undoubtedly Is Invested pretty near to the limit, and the brief period of stringency through which business has Just passed served to show that the re sources of the country were great enough to withstand any temporary pressure that over-investment may cause. The country was never in a more prosperous condition than It is now, and business was never on a sounder basis." Noted Woman Painter Arrives. NEW YORK, Aug. 2. The Marquise V Crele de Wentworth, the American ar tist, who painted the portrait of Presi dent Roosevelt, which was exhibited In r this year's salon in Paris, has returned to j this country for a holiday and -has , brought with her the picture of the Presi- uciu. auk Mtxmuiao la me; umy wunmii except Rosa Bonheur whose works have been bought for permanent exhibition in -.-the Luxemburg Gallery, Paris. She and Rosa Bonheur are the only women paint ers who have been decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor. Passing Opportunities. Meggendorfer Blatter. "How your oldest daughter changes color while she reads the newspaper" "Yes, she Isn't affected by the polit ical part; but she looks blue when she reads the daily events, red when she reads the novelette, and green and yellow when she has seen the list of engagement announcements!" An equAl division of the water used dally in New York city srlves each inhabitant &t times his own welprht. The Kidneys When they are weak, torpid, or stagnant, the whole system suffers. Don't neglect them at this time, but heed the warning of tbe aching back, the bloated face, tbe sallow complexion, the urinary disorder, and begin treatment at once with Hood's Sarsaparilla which contains tbe best and safest curative substances. In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $L COFFEE The dealing is simple. If you don't like Schilling's Best, it costs you nothing. Your srrocer returns your money if you don't like Schilling's Best; we pay him. 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